The Potato Union at a meeting at the Ministry of Agriculture proposed to limit the import of potatoes to Russia. Russian potato growers are faced with a marketing problem; warehouses have accumulated record stocks of products for this time. The main reason for this seems to be the successful
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Exports of Banginapalli mangoes started at Asia's biggest mango market, located at Nunna near Vijayawada. This market is one of biggest mango export centers in the country. On Sunday morning, about five tons of mangoes were exported to Delhi. Traders from Delhi came to Nunna mango market and
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As Britain entered a third week of vegetable shortages, the government told big supermarket groups to re-examine their relationships with farmers. On Monday, Lidl GB followed market leader Tesco, Asda, Morrisons and Aldi in imposing customer purchase limits on tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers,
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Every month the fresh produce industry uses millions of data loggers, a tiny bit of electronic equipment which stores vital information for growers, exporters, importers and packers. These small devices are mostly single use and thrown in the bin as soon as the data has been downloaded. A typica
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Since the beginning of the year, Oda, Norway's leading online supermarket, has also been active on the German market and is a new QS scheme partner. read more

California’s weekend saw a number of weather events make their way through Southern California--from snow to rain to ice. How did things affect the ag industry throughout the weekend? read more

Plant protection is one of the most important elements in fruit production. Today it is mandatory for all growers to follow the principles of integrated pest management. This is a method of integrated production that has been refined over the years
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Morocco introduced new quotas on tomato exports on February 19th, in an effort to boost local supply and lower prices before the fasting month of Ramadan. The high investment costs in the tomato sector, the increase in input prices, pest attacks, cold snaps, and persistent drought have combined
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A new large-scale factory with over 22,000 m2 of production and storage space for reusable systems and sustainable pallets is being built at the Hannover-West motorway junction (A2/A352). According to Intech Worldwide GmbH, production has been taking place in Hanover-Marienwerder since 2008.
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UK: John Lewis boss Pippa Wicks leaves after less than three years in job read more

For the second year in a row,Lidl Italia renews its participation in the initiative Lemons for Research, a project of the Umberto Veronesi Foundation that over the years has financed the annual work of 38 researchers. It is no coincidence that
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Over the past five years, the rate of laying new perennial plantations in Moldova has dropped sharply: on average, from 4 000-5 000 to 1 500-2 000 ha annually. The planting of the main share of young orchards and vineyards is stimulated by the National Fund for the Development of Agriculture and
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Industrial Auctions is organizing an interesting auction in Nordelph (UK) on behalf of Fountain Group Ltd. The offer consists, for example, of mixers, vegetable slicers, depositors, denesters, traysealers, labelling equipment, weighing scales, tenderisers, carton closing machines, inkjet
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What advantages does Egypt enjoy over some of its competitors in the European grape market? read more

Jennie Coleman, president of Canadian Fairtrade banana company Equifruit, has been named one of the winners of this year’s Globe and Mail Changemakers Award. read more

Suffolk fruit farm Boxford has teamed up with UK greenhouse firm Gardin to trial Gardin’s crop-health-monitoring technology in a bid to maximise its greenhouse-grown strawberry yields, reports Hortidaily. read more

UK retailer Waitrose is selling new season British asparagus sooner than expected this year as its suppliers welcome an early season, reports Retail Times. read more

The horticulture industry is being invited to make submissions to a new House of Lords inquiry into the challenges facing the sector. read more

AP Moller-Maersk has entered into an agreement to divest its logistics sites in St Petersburg and Novorossiysk to IG Finance Development Limited. read more

The highly successful relationship between Waitrose and Heston Blumenthal is coming to an end after 12 years. read more